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Re: Admiral: Never looked for UFO data
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:49:32 -0400 Greetings all...
I chatted with Billy Cox a bit prior to his article, and more to the point, spoke
with Admiral Thomas Wilson in late 2006, not long after Dr. Steven Greer's book --
Hidden Truth, Forbidden Knowledge -- came out in which he mentioned Wilson by name.
I had known about this meeting before Greer published his account. The information
came to me through another party. This other source, while not giving me Wilson's
name, gave me some explicit information about the nature of the meeting (top level
DoD official who met with Greer, then being denied access to black programs dealing
with ET technology).
As I understood it at the time, Greer and Edgar Mitchell met with Wilson in April
1997, and that Wilson took two months to continue looking into the matter. At that
point, he reached the program but was denied access to it. My source indicated
that the primary people who denied Wilson were not even DoD personnel, but rather
private contractors .... mainly attorneys. They told him that he did not have a
need to know, and furthermore, that the only reason he got an audience from them
was so they could determine how he learned about the program.
When Greer's book came out, mentioning the meeting and naming Wilson, I checked with
my source. "I assume it's Wilson?," I asked. "Yes, it was Wilson," came the answer.
At that point, I decided to try to speak to Admiral Wilson. Before doing so, I wrote
to Edgar Mitchell. He also confirmed that the meeting took place, although he was
not especially interested at that time in doing much more than stating that Wilson
"would look into it."
So, armed with pretty good support from some high profile people that the meeting
DID occur, I was able to track down and phone Wilson. This was in October 2006.
Our conversation started very cordially. That is, until I mentioned that I was
researching the UFO phenomena and a meeting he had regarding the topic in 1997. He
feigned ignorance ("my memory is foggy") until I mentioned confirming statements by
Mitchell and my other source. Then his answer was "I vaguely recall....." At that
point I mentioned that his name was in Greer's book. I can assure you THAT got his
interest. He asked me to read him the relevant passage, which I did.
At this point, Admiral Wilson's voice changed noticably. Whereas he had been relaxed
and low key when we started, his voice became high pitched. He seemed to be rather
annoyed, maybe angry. He told me that, yes, he had met with Greer and Mitchell. That
he only did so because he was "curious" why someone of Dr. Mitchell's stature would
be pursuing this matter. "Everything else" Greer wrote about the meeting (whatever
that means) was "poppycock." Wilson then told me he needed to go to a meeting and
ended the conversation.
I was left with a distinct impression that Greer's account of the matter was
substantially correct. That is, that Greer and Mitchell did persuade Wilson to look
into it, and that Wilson did so. Furthermore, that he was denied access to said
programs.
Wilson was basically a man who was caught off guard. His denials rang very hollow to
me.
One final comment on this. After my conversation with the Admiral, I checked back
with my source. "What else would you expect him to say?", he told me. "He would lose
every security clearance he ever held if he gave you what you wanted."
As well as, quite obviously, threatening to bring down the entire house of cards.
After all, an admission from Wilson that this was true.....? Good god. That would be
enough to do it. I did not expect him actually to admit anything to me. But I had to
try.
I have spoken about this event a few times in various presentations. Now is as good
a time as any to make this statement.
Richard Dolan
Rochester, New York
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